UEFA has announced their disciplinary
rules where players on a yellow card will have their bookings voided
following the quarterfinal stages of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA
Europa League.
In a statement posted on UEFA’s official website,
it read, “Following a recommendation by the UEFA Club Competitions
Committee - in order to implement in UEFA club competitions a rule which
is already in force in the UEFA European Football Championship - the
Emergency Panel decided that, as of this season, all yellow cards from
the beginning of the group stage will expire on completion of the
quarter-finals.”
"Bookings will therefore not be carried forward to the semi-finals."
Last year, Real Madrid midfielder Xabi
Alonso was forced to miss the Champions League final after picking up
his third yellow card in Real’s semi-final tie against Bayern Munich.
However, he will still be unavailable to play in Real Madrid’s UEFA
Super Cup tie against Sevilla due to his ban for his celebration on the
pitch during the Champions League final last season.
Former Manchester United legends Roy Keane
and Paul Scholes had suffered the same scenario when they had to sit
out of the 1999 Champions League final.
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